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Alex Ekins

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Artist + Climber + Instructor + Coach. Dirt + Rock + Wood. Patagonia Pro. alexekins.co.uk

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Some 50 million pheasants are released into the countryside annually. Now DEFRA have opened a Call for Evidence on gamebird rearing, releasing & shooting, it’s vital that the public input - because you can be sure that the shooting industry will do so: consultations.defra.gov.uk/call-for-evi...
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Call for Evidence on Gamebird Release, Shooting and Welfare during Rearing in England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking evidence on the environmental and animal health and welfare impacts of gamebird rea...
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Ed Douglas @calmandfearless.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Pretty good going from BBC R4's Today to talk for 15 minutes about the disaster in Nepal and not once mention the impact of climate change A massive chunk of glacier collapsed and fell 1.2km, reduced to 'flash flood'.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Absolutely, definitely, not “the Establishment”…
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Imagine travelling thousands of miles just to spend your evenings doing zoomies over the same few houses... It's hard not to be impressed 👇 #SwiftAwarenessWeek
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tohid Azimi Wildlife Videographer "Talk about elite aerial skills! Watch this female red-tailed hawk hover effortlessly in mid-air while the male swoops in to briefly “land” on her back. It’s a masterclass in avian aerodynamics and a stunning courtship ritual you have to see to believe."
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The first white-tailed eagle to fledge in Dorset for more than 240 years has gone missing on the North York Moors “The disappearance is being treated as suspicious” “Birds of prey regularly go missing in areas associated with game shooting” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rare white-tailed eagle disappearance investigated by police
The satellite-tagged bird, part of a breeding programme, lost contact in the North York Moors.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Campaign win! Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to “double the extent of duchy-managed Atlantic rainforest on Dartmoor by the early 2040s” This means Black-a-Tor Copse, as well as Wistman’s Wood! A first step towards doubling rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘A gesture towards nature’: call for Dartmoor’s temperate rainforest to double in size
Campaign comes as Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to expand small pockets of ancient woodland at two sites
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/05/2026
River Wye formally recognised as living ecosystem with intrinsic rights
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River Wye formally recognised as living ecosystem with intrinsic rights
Charter to be adopted along river’s entire catchment from Cambrian mountains to Chepstow and Bristol Channel The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights in a charter, a UK first that campaigners hope will help save the highly polluted river. The charter was celebrated at a community event at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival on Sunday. It includes the right to flow, to biodiversity, to be free from pollution, to be supported by a healthy catchment, to regenerate, and the right to be represented, described as a “significant step” towards protecting and restoring one of the UK’s most beloved rivers. Continue reading...
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Alex Ekins @alexekins.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It’s so uplifting to see Rowan saplings up on the Kinder Plateau…
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Mark @peelacres.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Everyone should see this film. A powerful piece about how little access we have to the outdoors. @righttoroam.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Nadia Shaikh and Nick Hayes are heroes for their efforts so far. boxd.it/ekbi2j
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A ★★★★★ review of Our Land (2025)
Film 133/365 A must watch for anyone who has a relationship with the land on which we live. Which is basically everyone. Only 8% of England is available for us to enjoy. This must change. Nich Hayes, ...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The @nationaltrust.org.uk only rarely ask their members to take political action, but when they do, it’s seismic. Please take the NT’s action, email your MP demanding the Government protect 30% of the UK for nature by 2030: campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/186395/... bsky.app/profile/nati...
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Nature = Future
Please share this important action
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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
'It will radically change what you thought about 'wilderness'.' Cat Jarman When was Britain last truly wild? And what, if anything, remains? In Wilderlands, @eloi.se charts the unexpectedly human history of wild Britain across 12,000 years. Available to pre-order now 🦌 linktr.ee/wilderlandsb...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A historic day as the England Coast Path is completed. Congratulations to @ramblers.org.uk & @naturalengland.bsky.social. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public
The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.
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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“The last of Ireland’s great oak forests were gone by the end of the seventeenth century,” writes Lenny Antonelli in this story from our 2021 Spring issue. “But pockets of this ancient forest linger.” Today, walk with us through the ghost wood.
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In the Ghost Wood
Memories and tales of Ireland's lost forests
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Mer de Glace 13th Oct. 2024 Unreal colours at sunset on the bed of the Mer de Glace, where now only a thin trickle of ice flows... 🧊😢
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Alex Ekins @alexekins.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Reading about writing but not actually writing #procrastination good books though so not complaining too much @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social #dbcpierre #brucehollandrogers
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Lynx could return to Scotland - but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lynx could return to Scotland – but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders?
With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/01/2026
‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
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‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
BBC News - Climber with hypothermia airlifted off Glencoe mountain gets bus home www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Climber with hypothermia airlifted off Glencoe mountain gets bus home
Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team had helped the man off the peak after he got stuck in wintry conditions.
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Ed Douglas @calmandfearless.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
If you've ever wondered why our peregrines are disappearing, here's the answer. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How demand for elite falcons in the Middle East is driving illegal trade of British birds
Exclusive: data reveals hundreds of UK nests have been raided in the past decade amid growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breeding
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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Annual reminder: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddzS...
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Never The Hootenanny
YouTube video by Jon Averill
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 28/12/2025
Just in case you're wondering, today is Sunday.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/12/2025
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
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Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law Shooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law. At the moment, it is legal to shoot the animals during their breeding season, with pregnant hares left to bleed out, and leverets – their young – often orphaned as a result. Continue reading...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Glaciers set to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years - #climatecrisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage Research by @landervt.bsky.social et el Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
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Openly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Time-lapse of various species of mushrooms growing
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com - "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels' $ www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield. Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000. Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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Alex Ekins @alexekins.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Crow and Rock
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James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
So, this happened… thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social
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Ash Routen @ashrouten.com · 18/09/2025
One of my favorite stories I’ve written for ExWeb. Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He combined the two to come up with a formula on how far you can hike unsupported. explorersweb.com/how-far-can-...
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How Far Can You Hike With Only What’s on Your Back? » Explorersweb
Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He combined the two to come up with a formula on how far you can hike unsupported.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law @righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Collapse of Grande Motte north face Glacier (~3300 m, Tignes) likely during thursday night! 🧊🌊 📷 Eric Charamel
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Ice thickness loss at this place on Mer de Glace exceeds 10 cm per day since the August heatwave began! 🔥 📈 Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for the community Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for community
Moscar Moor is not for sale, but the group hopes to secure it under new Community Right to Buy law.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
'Glacier des Bossons' Francis Frith c. 1870 Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰 Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/07/2025
“If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,” @helenlewis.bsky.social writes. “Let’s call them journalists.”
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‘Just Asking Questions’ Got No Answers About Epstein
Right-wing internet personalities have a lot to learn from the mainstream media that they decry.
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Demand on mountain rescue teams 'unsustainable' ahead of busy summer season | UK News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/demand...
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Demand on mountain rescue teams 'unsustainable' ahead of busy summer season
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation in North Wales says it is seeing an "increasing number of calls which are really unnecessary".
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/07/2025
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Bid to bring black grouse back to Peak District. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bid to bring wild black grouse back to Derbyshire's Peak District
The birds once danced across the moorland of Derbyshire and the endangered species could return.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Forestry England owns 100s of 'Ghost Woods' - ancient woodlands felled to make way for monoculture plantations. They've promised to restore them - but new analysis by @wildcard.land shows they won't meet their target until the 22nd century! Join their campaign: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Step up restoration of ancient woodland before it is lost, Forestry England urged
Campaigners say just 5.8% of irreplaceable habitat at publicly owned sites has been fully restored in 10 years
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Stephen Forecast @sfawcs.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I’m annoyed that I didn’t read The Salt Path so I could be annoyed about being conned. I think I’m more annoyed by that than I would’ve been if I’d been conned.
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Alex Ekins @alexekins.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Cheeky Bivouac during the last heatwave in May #bivouac #wildcamp @firepotfood.bsky.social @mountainequipment.bsky.social
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